Q&A With Antwaan Randle El

Warpath Staff

07/06/2006

He'll be used the same; his game will be expanded. The notion of being used in a variety of roles excites Antwaan Randle El, who left a the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers to sign with Washington.

Q: Is it hard to miss out on the feeling they have in Pittsburgh
now?A Not as hard as I thought it would be. It has been hard, but I
understand what I'm coming into. If it was a totally different situation, where
the squad wasn't upbeat or we didn't have the potential to be good… I'm coming
to a good thing. I'm just trying to be another piece to the puzzle to get us to
the Super Bowl.

Q: Do you feel like a different player having won a Super
Bowl?A: Of course. You feel like a different player having a ring, but you
also feel like you have to step your game up and take it to another level in
terms of being well prepared and doing what you've been doing physically and to
make sure your conditioning is ready and when it comes to Sundays making plays
and trying to do more.

Q: What excites you the most about Al Saunders?A: His passion for the game is the biggest thing. He's out on the field
running behind us and shows us the way he feels about it. He sets the
expectations high for us.

Q: How much do you love being used in different roles
offensively?A: I love to do that stuff. It's part of my repertoire. At the same
time, that's not my focus. My focus is on being outside and being an X receiver
and making plays on the ball in the air.

Q: What makes this receiving corps dangerous?A: We do different things. Look at myself and the different things I can
do and ‘Tana with his speed and look at Brandon
the way he gets the ball when it's in the air. Everyone is different, but we
all have speed and athleticism and all have that mindset of what the
quarterback expects of us. Because we have that experience, it will cary
over and help us out a lot.

Q: When you win a Super Bowl, special things occur within
a team. Do you see the seeds of that here?A: I see some of it and I expect to see more. More of the relationships
you have to have, the trust you have to have, not only on the field but off the
field. Relationships are more important than anything. The relationships go
back to the family thing and being close-knit and being together, understanding
your life and where they came from. If you don't have that you can't go on the
field and do that. That comes with time. I'm coming into it and a lot of it is
already laid.